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our liz visited the island that was hit the hardest. >> reporter: the typhoon slammed into the philippines' southern most province with fierce winds, ripping up trees and destroying houses. iron roofs torn from homes and thrown through the air as one relief official said like flying machetes. there was also heavy rain and high water. in the region three times the amount of rain the area would normally receive in the entire month of december in only three hours. many of the deaths are being attributed to flash floods and drowning. a powerful typhoon in december of last year killed more than 1,200 people. officials say they learned a painful lesson from that storm and it may have saved lives this time around. >> in terms of the intensity, what we were expecting the worst because it's a super typhoon, but we're more prepared this time. more prepared, and we did preemptive evacuation and early warning this time, unlike last year. >> the storm had been building over days and philippines officials took action. michellely evacuating more than 60,000 to shelters and those numbers have since grown.
our liz visited the island that was hit the hardest. >> reporter: the typhoon slammed into the philippines' southern most province with fierce winds, ripping up trees and destroying houses. iron roofs torn from homes and thrown through the air as one relief official said like flying machetes. there was also heavy rain and high water. in the region three times the amount of rain the area would normally receive in the entire month of december in only three hours. many of the deaths are...
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debris fell into the sea as far away as the philippines. many in the u.s. and elsewhere were taken by surprise. the last time north korea tried to launch was april which ended in an embarrassing failure. to chris lawrence our pentagon correspondent, chris, the u.s. officials do they have any doubts that this is for real? >> reporter: don f they did, those doubts are quickly disappearing. i just got off the phone with a u.s. official who confirmed to me that the on object north korea put into space is still? or bit and the officials are going through final calculations to confirm whether it was indeed a satellite, as north korea claimed. regardless of that, it is confirmed that north korea did successfully go through three stages of this rocket, which is a jump in technology for them. this is the type of rocket that has the range to hit areas in alaska or u.s. bases in hawaii. so there is, you know, some concern over this success by north korea, don. >> so chris, how worried are pentagon officials again about the successful launch? you said there is some suc
debris fell into the sea as far away as the philippines. many in the u.s. and elsewhere were taken by surprise. the last time north korea tried to launch was april which ended in an embarrassing failure. to chris lawrence our pentagon correspondent, chris, the u.s. officials do they have any doubts that this is for real? >> reporter: don f they did, those doubts are quickly disappearing. i just got off the phone with a u.s. official who confirmed to me that the on object north korea put...
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. >>> tremendous heartache in the philippines after typhoon bopha, authorities saying the storm has killed more than 700 people. about 900 others are still missing. many of them fishermen. take a look at damage left behind in south. homes, entire villages destroyed. hundreds of thousands of people are struggling to rebuild. the storm hit last week but officials have just started to make it to some of the remote areas to search for survivors. and just to get a sense of the scope of the damage. the u.n. is asking for 65 million in international aid. >>> the prachk phonk phone call revealed information about the duchess of cambridge may have led to the death of the nurse. they are going to donate $500,000 to the deceased woman's family. she committed suicide after she let the hoax call go through the ward where the duchess was staying. an autopsy on her will be carried out today. she was married and had two children. >>> after four days of testing authorities reveal why nelson mandela is in the hospital and house serious his condition is. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we
. >>> tremendous heartache in the philippines after typhoon bopha, authorities saying the storm has killed more than 700 people. about 900 others are still missing. many of them fishermen. take a look at damage left behind in south. homes, entire villages destroyed. hundreds of thousands of people are struggling to rebuild. the storm hit last week but officials have just started to make it to some of the remote areas to search for survivors. and just to get a sense of the scope of the...
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more than 330 people are dead in the philippines after a typhoon. >>> proof that we can sure light up the night sky. new video released by nasa. you can see the city lights from around the globe. it's so awesome. it took nine days for a satellite to capture these images. it needed 312 trips around the earth to take all of the approxima pictures. they were mapped over existing imagery of the earth to make this one impressive view. wow. >>> zynga, the game company that makes farmville wants to dabble in real money. online gambling. it filed an application for a gaming license in nevada. the only state that currently allows it. it could help zynga make up for lost revenue from other games. >>> it will take years for new jersey to recover from sandy and its financial toll and now the governor is asking washington to help pay for all of the recovery. all of it. anncr: some politicians seem to think medicare and... social security are just numbers in a budget. well, we worked hard for those benefits. we earned them. and if washington tries to cram decisions about the future... of these prog
more than 330 people are dead in the philippines after a typhoon. >>> proof that we can sure light up the night sky. new video released by nasa. you can see the city lights from around the globe. it's so awesome. it took nine days for a satellite to capture these images. it needed 312 trips around the earth to take all of the approxima pictures. they were mapped over existing imagery of the earth to make this one impressive view. wow. >>> zynga, the game company that makes...
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the southern philippines. a 17-year-old girl named jane tries to salvage her water-logged school yearbook after the typhoon devours her family's home. jane is one of a quarter million people left homeless now from this disaster, hundreds of people still missing. the grim death toll is expected to rise. landslides have blocked roads and knocked out power and communications. >>> u.s. military plans about possible action against syria, they're changing. this comes as rebel firefighters take on syrian forces house to house in the country's largest city of aleppo. latest developments next. you can stay in and share something... ♪ ♪ ...or you can get out there with your friends and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and m
the southern philippines. a 17-year-old girl named jane tries to salvage her water-logged school yearbook after the typhoon devours her family's home. jane is one of a quarter million people left homeless now from this disaster, hundreds of people still missing. the grim death toll is expected to rise. landslides have blocked roads and knocked out power and communications. >>> u.s. military plans about possible action against syria, they're changing. this comes as rebel firefighters...